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First online. jeffrey was also in the army, based at ft. bragg, like the major. he went by the name "black stuntman." by now, deputy da billy west was monitoring the investigation. >> they were chat friends, chatting about the swinging lifestyle and that sort of thing. and david actually said, you need to meet my wife joan, and invited him to a swinging party. >> they all got together at a local hotel, just social that first time, no sex. >> there was a second swingers party that both of the sha...

>> soon the shannons became six, with the birth of their two boys. and in 2000, david took the family south to fayetteville, when he was transferred to ft. bragg. >> david loved the military. he loved being the soldier. you talk about somebody having a first love or something they loved more than anything. he loved that uniform. >> and the military had been good to david. he was major shannon by now, well on his way to becoming a colonel. and that was the phone call the shannon family was really...

But when joan told them she developed a special one on one thing with a married man named jeffrey wilson, now that was a real lead. could it be the major was the victim of a jealous lover? so detective murphy paid a call on wilson, also a soldier here at ft. bragg. >> jeffrey did confirm he was involved in a romantic relationship with joan shannon. >> where was he when this murder occurred? >> he was actually working at the time of the homicide. >> in fact, a little checking revealed it was an u...

Might put him here. except war didnt. no, there never was a thought back then about what could happen far from combat, what did happen. all those strange things down south in north carolina. fayetteville is an old town, steeped in revolutionary and civil war history. smack in the middle of the bible belt. but now, cargo planes buzz in and out of pope air force base. all past the confines of the city sprawls the immense ft. bragg, home of david shannon. his house was here, a few blocks off-base. ...

To be seen and then also the parliaments and all those countries have something to say to it as well so nothing will be final by the end of this week but signatures overall are possible. are you in school today in new york will the maker of jack daniels whiskey you brown film has issued a profit warning whisky is among the american products targeted by retaliate to terrorists from the e.u. which includes peanut butter and harley-davidson motorcycles while the e.u. and the us have declared a ceas...

Energy lives here. in the dead center of ft. bragg, north carolina, is a nondescript red brick building, this is where army staff sergeant john diamond found

The same kind of gun that killed marty theer. >> john diamond had actually borrowed the gun from him during the time period that the murder occurred. john diamond had possession of it. >> detectives were convinced diamond not only had access to a gun, but maybe even the actual murder weapon. did he still have it? well, apparently not. because just a short time after cops went to the home of diamonds army buddy asking about that gun, diamond made a phone call to ft. bragg and reported that his ca...

Here in the heart of the american bible belt, on the fringe of vast sprawling army and air force bases, like a patient accommodating land lord, is fayetteville, north carolina. imagine, most of a suburban strip mall of strip clubs and a downtown which is charming, elegant even, and a scene about everything. its an old town, fayetteville. that tower marks the spot where north carolina ratified the federal constitution back in 1789. im standing on what was a slave market. sherman fought battles he...

Himself, a prime suspect in the murder of air force captain marty theer. >> military justice is much swifter than civilian justice. so he goes to the article 32 hearing which is like the grand jury. they immediately find cause and they charge him. >> and nine months after the murder, in a small ft. bragg courtroom, diamond went on trial before a military jury. >> diamond was very, very cocky at the beginning. he would laugh and joke with reporters in there. he was just so sure that he was going ...

Michelle wanted to see a former professor for grief counseling, she said later, while diamond stayed with his sister, debbie. >> he acted as if nothing was wrong because he knows he didnt have anything to do with it, he didnt shoot him. >> so who did kill captain marty theer? was it possible john diamond actually executed hips romantic rival? he may have had a motive. police were very suspicious, but the physical evidence was, frankly, rather weak. so detectives kept digging in the arcane world ...